Adrenal venous sampling: Promises and pitfalls

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 180-185

  Sacks, Barry A ^a   Brook, Olga R ^a   Brennan, Ian M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal vein sampling; Interpretation of AVS results; Primary hyperaldosteronism

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; ADRENAL VEIN SAMPLING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIC VENOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; RETROGRADE VENOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN RUPTURE;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALDOSTERONE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COSYNTROPIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERPLASIA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOLOGY; VEINS;

EID: 84879199097     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e32835f26c9     Document Type: Review

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